Churn



(NoModeL) D. LINES & G. T. LONG.

'GHURN.

Patented June 15, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY MHA v ATTORNEYS.

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DANIEL LINES AND CHARLES T. LONG, OF MILANO, TEXAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,771, dated June 15,1886.

Application filed December 31, 1885. Serial No. 187,269.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DANIEL LINES and CHARLES T. LONG, both of Milano,in the county of Milam and State of Texas, have invented a new andImproved Churn, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andeffective churn,which may be operated easily to bring the butterquickly, and may be cleaned thoroughly and kept in sweet condition toproduce butter of high quality.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the churn, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation of our improved churn; andFig. 2 is a plan view, partly broken away and in section,on the line 00m, Fig. l, and with the main drivinggear removed.

The body A of the churn is made of stone, china, or earthenware, andpreferably in the square or rectangular form shown, and in the bottom ofthe body is formed a recess, a, in which is placed loosely the woodblock or bearing 11, in which are stepped the lower gudgeon or shaft, 0,of the outer dasher, O, and the lower end of the shaft d of the innerdasher, D, said shaft d passing through the gudgeon c, and also throughthe upper gudgeon or short hollow shaft, 0, at the top of the dasher C,said shaft 0 being journaled in a hole made through the center of thechurn-body cover E, which rests in a rabbet, a, formed around the topinner edge of the churnbody.

To the top of the cover E is fixed a tripodframe, F, formed of two metalbars or plates, f f, arching over at f to meet each other at the top ofthe frame, and athird bar or plate, f connected with the arched top f,and bent horizontally and then downward to the cover; and about at thecenter of the frame is fitted the horizontal three-armed brace f whichis riveted to the bars f f f, and at the center, next the side braces, fj, is provided (No model.)

with a gudgeon or short shaft, 9, on which is journaled the main drivinggear -wheel G,

which is held on the shaft by the washers and nut 9. (See Fig. 1.)

On the squared upper end, 0 of the upper part, c, of the shaft of theouter dasher, O, is fitted the lower bevel-pinion or gear-wheel, H, andon the upper part of the inner dashershaft, d, which is journaled in thetop of the tripod-stand F,isfitted loosely the upper bevelpinion orgear-wheel, I, which is held in place by a pin or key, t, passedthrough. the shaft of above it. Both bevel-gears H I, when the churn isin working condition, mesh with the drivinggear G; hence the revolutionof said gear by a person grasping its handle G will rotate the dashers OD in opposition or reverse directions, as will readily be understood.

In diagonally-opposite corners of the churnbody A are provided lips orlugs J J, beneath whichbuttons K K,fiXed to shafts it 70, passingthrough the churn-cover, may be turned by their upper finger-pieces orhandles, L L, for locking the cover E firmly to the body A, and thebuttons may readily be turned. back clear of the lugs to allow the coverto be removed.

It will be seen that the entire drivinggearing is supported on or overthe churn-body cover and quite at the center of the cover; hence thedriv ing-gears G H I may be operated rapidly for most effective workingof the dashers without danger of upsetting the churn, and the entiregearing lifts away from the stone churn-body, allowing the latter to becleaned thoroughly, as hereinafter more fully eX- plained.

The dasher 0 consists of an outer rectangular frame, 0 in the corners ofwhich are fixed the plates or blocks 0', which are perforated,as at 0and in the cross-shaped opening of the dasher O the dasher D is fitted,said dasher having projecting side parts, (1 d d d, which fit betweenthe plates or blocks a of the dasher O, and are perforated, as at d Itis obvious that as the dashers O D are rotated in reverse directions bythe drivinggearing, as above described, the corner blocks, 0, of thedasher G will force the milk toward the center of the churn-body,whereit will be met and more thoroughly agitated by theside parts, d, of thedasher D, and this, in connection with the forcing of the milk throughthe perforations c d of the dashers, will break up the globules of themilk and bring the butter very quickly. When the churning is finished,the pin or key a will be removed from the shaft d, and the buttons Kwillbe turned to release the cover E,which then will be lifted from thechurn-body A,and will carry with it the driving-gears G H I, leaving thedashers and their shafts in and above the body, and the dashers then maybe lifted from the body, and the block or step-bearing b will also beremoved therefrom,-and these several parts of the churn may then becleaned conveniently and thoroughly, and the stone churn-body willalways keep sweet, which wood or metal churn-bodies will not do; hencethere is a In uch better chance of always making butter of the firstquality and value.

After being cleaned the dismembered partsmay very easily and quickly beassembled again in positions for use, as shown in Fig. l of the drawingsand above described.

If preferred, a pane, A, of glass may be fitted in a side of thechurn-body, through which the operation of the churn may be seen.

By meansof the tripod-frame with the three-armed brace thechurn-receptacle is held steady and the pressure equalized thereon, thesame thus being prevented from tilting or upsetting by the action of thedasher, while with the central dasher-shaft passing centrally throughthe said frame the former is held perfectly perpendicular, preventingthe same from bending, as would likely be the case, especially if oflight construction and otherwise disposed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a churn, the combination, with the body or receptacle and its cover,of the dasher having a frame provided with inner apertured or perforatedcorner blocks and journaled in the body or receptacle, and asecondapertured or perforated cross shaped dasher journaled within the otherdasher, the tripod-frame comprising the arched meeting side bars, and athird connecting bar having an aperture, through which the upper end ofthe inner dasher-shaft passes, the three-armed brace having a gudgeon orshaft carrying the handled gear-wheel and the pinions, one connected tothe shaft of one dasher and the other connected to the shaft of theother dasher, said pinionsjointly gearing with the said gearwheel,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL LINES. CHARLES T. LONG.

Witnesses:

J. J. WILsON, D. A. RICHARDSON.

